SAMUELS, LEO TOLSTOY: 1899-

The son of John MacElvaney and Lillie Alice Davisson
Samuels,
Leo
Tolstoy Samuels
was born on Nov. 15, 1899, in
Indianapolis, Ind. He earned the A.B. degree in
1925 from Emanuel Missionary College (
Mich.
) and the Ph.D. degree in 1930 from the
University of Chicago. He married Barbara Katherine
Petrie on March 11, 1935.
Samuels taught at Emanuel Missionary
College, 1924-27; was a
biochemist for the Kellogg Foundation for Cancer Research, 1930-31; and worked as a research biochemist for
White Memorial Hospital (
Los Angeles
), 1931-34. He taught at the
medical school of the University of Southern
California
, 1934-37, and the
University of Minnesota, 1937-44. He joined the faculty of the University of
Utah in 1944 and was head of the department of
biochemistry, 1944-64. Samuels received the
Fred Conrad Koch Award in 1964.